Ethical guidelines for mobile app development within health and mental health fields

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-162

  Jones, Nick ^a   Moffitt, Matthew ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Disaster Mental Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

App development; Ethics; Mobile applications; Mobile health; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959571213     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: 19391323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pro0000069     Document Type: Article

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